Citizen of the World

This book "uses the letters written home by an imaginary Chinese philosopher, Lien Chi Altangi, to provide an estranged perspective--both naèive and critical--on the imperial metropolis and the transformation of British society across the eighteenth century"--

List of contents

Introduction; The Citizen of the World; Textual introduction; Bibliographic descriptions, emendations, and collations; Hyphenated line-endings; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

The Citizen of the World uses the letters written home by an imaginary Chinese philosopher, Lien Chi Altangi, to provide an estranged perspective – both naïve and critical – on the imperial metropolis and the transformation of British society across the eighteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Goldsmith, Goldsmith Oliver
• Assisted by: James Watt (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2024
• EAN: 9781108479141
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47914-1
• No. of pages: 996
• Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Collected Works of Oliver Goldsmith
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; London, Greater London, PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Ireland, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800